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Need drivers for adapter for MacBook Air SSD to PCIe to use in PC

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i need the drivers of this product:

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The label on the adapter reads:

  • 2013 MacBook Pro A1493 & A1502 (MD864 MD865 MD866 MD293 MD294) SSD
  • 2013 MacBook Air A1465 & A1466 (MD711 MD712 MD 760 MD761) SSD
  • 2013 Mac Pro A1481 (ME253 MD878) SSD

And an adapter for SSD MacBook air to PCIe for windows,

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This adapter is designed to support the Custom Apple SSD within a Hackintosh system. A MS Windows PC system configured to support the Mac OS.

It won't help you to gain access to the files within MS Windows directly.

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Is there any workaround to this since the post is ftom 2017? Thank you!

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hi all, i found solution, here is the drivers https://drp.su/en/hwids/PCI%5CVEN_106B%2... , it's work too for windows 10 , after that just use a software to read the filesystems of mac it's work good

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Lets back up here a bit why are you trying to use the custom Apple SSD in a Windows system?

You face a few different issues here between the physical connection is not the same as a M.2 device and the drives data structure is not directly readable within MS Windows.

OK so how do you recover the data on the drive? You would need a external case designed to hold the SSD and connected to a Mac system using one of these:

If you are trying to repurpose the drive within a MS Windows system you will need to reformat the drive within MS Windows so it can be used.

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What you are facing here is the hardware level is working. But, the OS & App levels are not as you are trying to access them with MS Windows directly. This is not a driver issue this is an OS & App translation issue!

You would need to find an application which runs under MS Windows that can translate the files within the SSD.

Sorry to say I don't know of any that will work effectively here as some files are just not translatable! As an example MS Word files can be read in both Mac & PC but Logic Pro X files are not translatable as there is no comparable app within MS Windows.

This is why the OWC adapter to hold the SSD in question connected to a Mac system is needed here. The cheapest way!

Yes, you could create a hackintosh system which is a PC running MacOS emulating a real Mac system. But that will take a lot more effort and more costly!

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thanks for reply but i used it to recovery data directly with a software from windows, the windows show it but i can't found a driver, so can i directly connect it to a mac computer? i can't buy another adapter at moment. Please give me a solution to read my ssd macbook air with this adapter that i have. thank you

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Thats correct you can see the drive but can't access the files! This has to do with the way Mac files sit on the drive.

Think of it like someone speaking to you in a language you don't understand they are clearly talking but you don't know what they saying.

Reread my answer as thats the only ways I know of.

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